Jimmy gas gauge

Buy a Non-GM vehicle. that problem seems to be endemic with GMs.

rhys

i have a 92 with the same problem but mines off a half a tank. The guy who replaced the fuel pump told me he must of bent the float?. if been getting around to dropping the tank for a year or so.(big job )

Gee, thanks. You're a big help ;-)

-- orko

I was afraid of that... thanks for sharing in my pain though ;-)

-- orko

Jimmy gas gauge Group: alt.autos.gm Date: Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 8:09am (CST-2) From: joe snipped-for-privacy@charter.net (Orko)

-- orko

GM has a update for the PCM on some models ..With erratic reading fuel gauges...Seems they put two different size tanks in some models but Ran the same program in the pcm....Call the dealer with your vin to see if your truck is one with the update... Steve C

Won't be the problem here, ECM knows nothing of the fuel gauge on that model :-)

well orko most likely the float is either hitiing something like the fuel pump sock or hitting the baffles in the tank the sensor is bad and you will have to replace the float or the sender

I've got a 84 Silverado 4x4 and it's empty registering about 1/2 a tank. It's in the sending unit.

Jimb

-- orko

in a nutshell ya want to fix it replace the sending unit ...Whch means drop the tank good luck..

Thanks. I'll concede then ;-)

Looks like there is no adjustment that I could do on the dashboard gauges, so I'll be doing the sending unit adjustment/replacement when it's warmer outside. Probably on a dry day in the spring/summer.

-- orko